I do some freelance work as a historic homes color consultant. My neighbor and I chose colors and he painted his foursquare red with ivory trim - he has a black roof, it looks great. I'm painting my home olive with gold trim to contrast with his. They are a great pair of old houses that have definitely inspired others in the neighborhood. Id recommend NOT using the same color on the roof as anywhere else on the house. if you use red as the body, choose a non-red color for the roof (perhaps a deep deep green - it looks GREAT). And be careful of the shade of red you choose - Another neighbor replaced her original faded red standing seam roof with a new aluminum one in fire-truck red. it was not great, but I thought, at least she chose the "same kind" of roof. Then she painted all the trim RED - it looks like a KFC. Its horrible and an embarrassment to the neighborhood. Look thru Moss's exterior color books - he's the best man to research when it comes to exterior colors on historic homes. And please don't paint your house lavender with a red roof - just, please, don't

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I have news that might take away some of the indecision about choosing roof colors. Lay a large color sample of sage green onto/next to various charcoal shingles. I believe you see most"work togeather",some better than others. Why? look very closely at granules in shingle and you will notice there's actually many different colored granules that collectivily when viewed from afar,appear as charcoal. While you are at it,compare various gray shingles the same way and I believe gray will "work with"even better. This is no accident ,shingle manufactures employee the finest color consultants to be found to see that their shingles look good on a variety of homes. If you found that to be fun,visit a ceramic tile showroom to see how different grout colors change the eye's perception of tile color.

I was just watching Bargain Mansions and she did softer blue gray on the stucco/bricks w/a darker blue siding like you have. It was really pretty. it was on her latest episode. 1970's Tudor Lakeview house. I just can't find the pictures. She also did a very dark garage door. I think your white is too white. Blustery Sky would be pretty on the bricks with a wood tone door. I'd also remove the shutters. they're really wrong on those larger bay windows. Romabio has masonry paints that can be tinted to any color.